Deceased

How Did Barry Fitzgerald Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 72

Also known asWilliam Joseph Shields, Барри ФитцджеральдGenderMaleNationalityIrelandBorn09/03/1888Born inDublin, IrelandDied14/01/1961 (aged 72)Died inDublinCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ290666 ↗Buried atDeans Grange CemeteryTMDb#13820 ↗

William Joseph Shields, known professionally as Barry Fitzgerald, was an Irish stage, film, and television actor. In a career spanning almost forty years, he appeared in such notable films as Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Sea Wolf (1941), Going My Way (1944), None but the Lonely Heart (1944), and The Quiet Man (1952).

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Filmography44 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2014	Bing Crosby: RediscoveredMovie	Self (archive footage)	126
1959	Play of the WeekSeries	—	71
1958	RooneyMovie	Grandfather	70
1956	The Catered AffairMovie	Jack Conlon	68
1955	Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries	Harold 'Stretch' Sears	67
1955	Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue KidMovie	Harold "Stretch" Sears	67
1954	Happy Ever AfterMovie	Thady O'Heggarty	66
1953	General Electric TheaterSeries	—	65
1952	The Quiet ManMovie	Michaleen Oge Flynn	64
1951	Silver CityMovie	R.R. Jarboe	63
1950	Lux Video TheatreSeries	Barry Flynn	62
1950	What's My Line?Series	Self	62
1950	Union StationMovie	Inspector Donnelly	62
1949	Top o' the MorningMovie	Sergeant Briany McNaughton	61
1949	The Story of SeabiscuitMovie	Shawn O'Hara	61
1948	The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries	Self	60
1948	The Naked CityMovie	Lt. Dan Muldoon	60
1948	The Sainted SistersMovie	Robbie McCleary	60
1948	Miss Tatlock's MillionsMovie	Denno Noonan	60
1947	Welcome StrangerMovie	Dr. Joseph McRory	59
1947	Variety GirlMovie	Barry Fitzgerald	59
1947	CaliforniaMovie	Michael Fabian	59
1946	Two Years Before the MastMovie	Terence O'Feenaghty	58
1945	Duffy's TavernMovie	Bing Crosby's Father	57
1945	The Stork ClubMovie	Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates	57
1945	And Then There Were NoneMovie	Francis Quinncannon	57
1944	I Love a SoldierMovie	Murphy	56
1944	Going My WayMovie	Father Fitzgibbon	56
1944	None But the Lonely HeartMovie	Henry Twite	56
1943	The Amazing Mrs. HollidayMovie	Timothy Blake	55
1943	Corvette K-225Movie	Stooky	55
1943	Two Tickets to LondonMovie	Capt. McCardle	55
1941	How Green Was My ValleyMovie	Cyfartha	53
1941	Tarzan's Secret TreasureMovie	Dennis O'Doul	53
1940	The Long Voyage HomeMovie	Cocky	52
1939	The Saint Strikes BackMovie	Zipper Dyson	51
1939	Pacific LinerMovie	Britches	51
1938	The Dawn PatrolMovie	Bott	50
1938	Marie AntoinetteMovie	Peddler (uncredited)	50
1938	Four Men and a PrayerMovie	Mulcahay	50
1938	Bringing Up BabyMovie	Mr. Gogarty	50
1937	Ebb TideMovie	Huish	49
1936	The Plough and the StarsMovie	Fluther Good	48
1930	Juno and the PaycockMovie	The Orator	42